Tire carrier



J. B. COLLINS.

TIRE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED HAY 2, 1918.

Patented June 20, 1922:

JOSEPH B. C(lLLINS, 011" DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TIRE CARRIER.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. COLLINS,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a 'liire Carrier, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tire trunks or carriers for use upon automobiles and an object of the invention is to provide a tire carrier which may be attached to the body of an automobile at a convenient location and comprises a circular body having one side open which open side is closed by a hinged door; and further to provide adjustably mounted bars within the body of the tire carrier for engagement against the inner peripheries of the rims of a tire structure for securely clamping the tires in place within thecarrier to prevent rattling or loose movement of the tires within the carrier.

Uther objects of the present invention will appear in the following detailed descript on, taken in connection with the accompaymg drawing forming a part of this specification.- and-in which drawing Figure l is a side elevation of the 1mproved tire carrier.

Figure 2 is a vertical section through the tire carrier. p

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the carrier having the cover or door removed.

Figure 4c is a fragmentary enlarged detail of apart of the tire'carrier.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 designates the body of the tire carrier as an entirety, which body iscircular in shape, having its central portion open as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing and it comprises a side ring 2, an outer annular ring or plate 3, an inner annular plate 4 and a cover 5. The edges of the circular plate 2 are bent over the edges of the annular plates 3 and a which engage against themner surface of the plate 2 and secured thereto in any suitable manner, such as by crimp-- ing, soldering or the like. The door or cover 5 is hingedly connected as shown. at dto the body 1 and it may have any suitable type of locking mechanismindicat'edgenerically at 7, for-locking the cover ordoor in closed position. The annular plates 3 and t are spaced, to provide a circular interior or recess 8 within the body 1 which is of sufficient width to receive two vehicle tires of the accidental movement Specificationot Letters Patent. Pafjfintfidl J 2Q, 3922 Application filed may 2, 1918. Serial No. 232,139.

pneumatic type, indicated by the letters A, in Figs. 2 rality of spacing bars9 are attached to the inner slgrface of the annular'plate 4 in circumferential spaced relation and the bar 9 at the bottom of the tire casingis composedof sections 10 and 11. The sections 10 and 11 are arranged in endwise engagement witheach other, and each of them is connectedto the inner annular plate .4: by a screw 12 which has swiveled connections, through the medium of a ball and socket joint 13 witlr thebar section. The bolts 12 have heads M, preferably of the wing-nut type thereon are adjustably carried by suitable loomes 15 formed upon the plate 4, so that by the adjustment of the bolts 12, the bar sections 10 and 11 may be moved inwardly or outwardly with respect to the inner annular plate 4 for securely clamping tires placed within the casing 1, in position to prevent of the tires within the casin and also to prevent the rattling thereof. adjusting the bar sections 10 and 11 independently, they may be employed in and 3 of the drawing. A' pluand they i with a slot 16 extending transversely therein which is provided to permit the seating of the valve stem 17 of the tire structure therein.

A bar 20 is attached to the back of the 4 casing or carrier 1 and extends diametrically across the central open face in the carrier.

The bar 20 is provided with a pair of spaced slots 21 adapted to receive suitable bolts 22 for connecting a license plate 23 thereto. A tall lightindicated at 24 may also be attached to the bar 20.

Having .thus fully described the invention what is claimed is: 1. A tire carrier comprising an annular hollow body open at one side to receive a plurality of rims with tires in superposed relation, transverse supporting bars located at one sideof the body adapted to initially receive demouitable rims thereon, a smooth surfaced. clamping plate arranged trans versely in the opposite side of the body over which the rims are adapted to fit, and means 2. A tire earner comprising in circular hollow body adapted to receive a plurality of tires in superposed relation, supporting bars fixed transversely in one side. of the body to support the tires; a. smooth broadsurfaced clamping plate arranged transversely in the body to'receive thGtII'GS thereover, and independentset screws threaded in transverse alinement in the body and "movable radially therein for engagement against the opposite ends of the clamping thereon and for'guiding the tires into position in the body, said set screws being adaptedto hefurther turned against the clamp plate to, bind the same evenly across the inner of the tires.

' JOSEPH B. COLLINS.

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